Capiz is Cradle of the Biggest Church Bell in Asia

Imagine Capiz that also holds the record in the whole of Asia with the biggest church bell where you can find in the province at the center of the Panay church in the town plaza. Aside from numerous festivities and celebrations of tradition and divers culture expose, captivating Filipinos, came to know very little that Capiz is also a prime source for abalone pendant jewelry. This seashell happens to be a major raw material for making abalone jewelry. The local Capiz parol or lantern is also an attraction each year for Christmas exporters as well as the Capiz beads for making dresses glitter even in the night. Although Capiz has been made very popular with its characterized beaches, in the land is the cradle to a wide hectare of plantation of sugar cane which is one of the country's sources of living for exporting the finished product which is sugar.

The church, a grand structure named of coral stone is 70 meters long, 25 meters wide and 18 meters high. The walls are three meters thick; the floor is covered with marble. Its structure is shaped in the form of a Latin cross with one large central altar and four lateral ones, each one fitted with gorgeou8sly decorated and gilded retablos of hardwood, decorated with various polychrome statues of high artistic quality. According to Claparols, artisans form Manila fashioned the Baroque decorations, set in silver, of the main altar. The town’s greatest sculptor, Joseph Bergaño or Sarhento Itak, did most of the bas-reliefs and religious statuary. According to Claparols, the completion of the church in 1774 was hailed by the whole town as a great event.tourist attraction here in capiz

Capiz is really a land of captivating treasure as well as a treasured land from the Philippines and it is the home of the best marine bio diversity and genus of unique types that you can only find in their seas, hence, they were known to be the seafood capital of the Philippines.